UNSPSC 50411834: Organic lima beans

The variety of organic beans known as organic lima beans

UNSPSC 50411834 Organic lima beans, a Commodity code, does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The source records show schools, school districts, and state agencies actively soliciting fresh produce, eggs, and food service items for child nutrition and school lunch programs—but none of the posted opportunities specifically mention organic lima beans or any single commodity-level produce item. Instead, jurisdictions are procuring broad categories of fresh fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy, proteins, and prepared foods on annual contracts with multiple vendors supplying dozens of line items per solicitation.

The mismatch between code and activity reflects a structural issue in how state and local procurement offices classify food service spending. School districts from Texas to Georgia (Northside ISD San Antonio, Rockwood R-VI St. Louis County, Austin ISD, Early County Schools, Savannah-Chatham County, Douglas County, Glynn County, McAllen ISD, and others) are using broader Family-level codes rather than granular Commodity codes when posting solicitations for produce supply. Opportunities posted under this code span RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, and ITBs with response dates ranging from early March through late June 2026, but they uniformly request responses for comprehensive produce portfolios—apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, citrus, leafy greens, potatoes, tomatoes, berries, eggs, and prepared items—rather than organic lima beans specifically. Without recent solicitations explicitly naming organic lima beans or any lima bean variant, the code shows no active procurement signal. Firms pursuing institutional food service contracts at the school-district or state level should monitor Family-level produce codes and broad food-service codes rather than this Commodity tier, as issuing bodies appear to bundle commodity-level items into consolidated tenders.